"The written word endures.....
........The spoken word disappears"
Neil Postman
This lecture took us through the origins of type and how it developed to where it is today, starting from Hieroglyphics the earliest true writing system, used by ancient civilisations to represent ideas, these images soon developed into alphabets and phonographic writing which evolved into various type systems.
It was also interesting to see certain symbols stand the test of time such as Phonograms laced in the english alphabet like % to represent percentage and # to represent number. The introduction of the printing press allowed typography to be mass produced for the first time and made it accessible to more than ever before.
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